Fork-scraper.



No. 845,700. PATENTED PBR-26, 19o?.

R. 0. MINER a H. L. FITCH.

PORK SGRAPBR APPLICATION FILED MAB. 29. 1906.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFTCE.

RAYMOND C. MINER AND HORACE L. FITCH, OF HUDSON, SOUTH DAKOTA.

FORK-SCRAPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

To all whom, t Tim/y concern:

Be it known that we, RAYMOND C. MINER and HORACE L, FITCH, citizens of the United States, residing at Hudson, in the county of Lincoln and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fork-Scrapers, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to fork-Scrapers, and has for its object to provide a device of this kind which may be easily constructed of ordinary forms of material which may be purchased upon the open market.

Our invention relates tothe combinations and details hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view`of our improved scraper. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the angle-bar teeth. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the teeth on the line 3 of Fig. 2.

In carrying out our invention we construct a frame having a rear bar a. or angle-iron, having a forwardly-extending horizontal iiange and a vertical flange. To the forwardly-extending horizontal fiange of this angle-bar are secured teeth b, made from T- iron, these teeth being rigidly secured, as by rivets, to the horizontal iiange of the anglebar at their rear ends. Secured to the vertical flange of the angle-bar is an upwardlyextending rear frame member d of U shape, as shown. Secured to the front face of this U-sha ed member is a brace member e, connecte at its ends to the U-shaped member and extending forwardly and then downwardly and then bent to extend transversely across the upper faces of the teeth, to which it is rigidly secured by any suitable fastening means.

A yoke formed of members f is pivoted at f to the forwardly-extending portions of this brace, and to this yoke the usual tongue m is secured. Upright brace members c, of T-iron, are secured to the vertical flange of the iron bar and to the upper member of the U-shaped portion, and to these T.-shaped members are secured the handles g, to be used in guiding the scraper. These handles g are suitably braced by brace-plates g, secured to the handles and to the flange of the T-shaped members c. Braces h are connected to the handles and to the upper member of the U-shaped frame, and braces 7cv connect the handles to the lower portion of the T-shaped members c.

The operation of our scraper will be apparent without description.

It will be seen that we have provided a scraper which can be made from commercial forms of metal and a scraper which is exceedingly strong and will withstand rough usage.

We claimM l. A device of the class described, having a frame comprising an angle-iron rear bar having a horizontal and a vertical Harige, teeth formed from T-iron extending forwardly from the angle-bar and rigidly secured'to the horizontal flange thereof, a vertical frame member secured to the vertical fiange of the angle-bar, a brace-bar secured at its ends to the vertical frame member and extending forwardly, then downwardly and then transversely of the teeth, and means for securing the transverse portion of the brace-bar to the teeth.

2. In a device of the class described, a frame comprising an angle-iron rear bar having a forwardly-extending horizontal ange and an upwardly-extending vertical flan e, teethformed of T-iron extendingvforwarclly from the angle-bar and riveted to the horizontal flange thereof, and an inverted-U- shaped rear frame member secured to the vertical fiange of the angle-bar, substantially as described.

RAYMOND C. MINER. HORACE L. FITCH. Witnesses:

T. E. CAssILL, GEO. T. IvERsoN. 

